Distributing-spouts.



T. E. IBBERSON.

DISTBIBUTING SEOUTS. APPLICATION FILED Dc.21. 1915.

Llw. Patented June 13, 1916.

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. /aw/y l@ .an apparatus by means of which 15 apparatus of 3o spouts.

e the section 10 is an elbow 11 THOMS E. IBBERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DISTRIBUTING-SPOUTS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1916,

.Application led December 21, 1915. Serial No. 67,993.

5 Minnesota, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Distributing- Spouts, of which the following is a specification.

ril`he object of this invention is to provide rain Jfrom a plurality of elevator legs can e spouted to groups of bin openings ari'anged on the arcs of concentric circles.

A fui-ther object is to provide a spouting compact form, which will require comparatively little space for mounting and operation. v n

T he invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as 2o hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. A

in the accompanying drawings 'forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of elevator legs and 25 a bin distributing floor, showing my 1mroved distributing spouts applied thereto, gig. 2 is a side elevation, partially 1n secthe preferred manner of tion, illustrating a operating the distributing supporting and In the drawing, 2 and 8 represent a pair of elevator legs and 4 is a distributing floor having groups of bin openings 5 and 6 therein. These openings are arranged on 35 the arcs of concentric circles and the corresponding openings of the two groups oo mmunicate beneath the distributing floor with the same spout 7 for delivering the grain -trom these1 two openings to the same bin.v lio The elevator legs have trunks 8 and 9 to which the grain is delivered by elevating buckets, not shown.

The trunk 8 has a spout section scoping therewith and at the lower end of mounted to rotate freely on the section 10 and supported by the upright standard 12. A spout 13 is pivoted at 14 on the elbow 11 and has a lower end adapted to enter any one of the .5c bin openings 6 as the spput is rotated on its bearings overl said openings. A yoke 15 is mounted on the standard 12 and supportsO the spout 13 and is provided with a lever 1G having an anti-friction roller 17 bearingon at the underside of the spout and an operating 1o ieie:

cord 18 is attached to said lever for tilting it and raising the spout 13 out of the bin opening. A wheel 19 is mounted on the lower portion of the standard 12 for rotating it and the spout 13 over the bin openings. This is all Well known construction in distributing spouts and I make no claim to the same herein. A hopper 20 has a sleeve 21 loosely mounted on the spout section 10 and free to revolve thereon and antifriction wheels 22 mounted on said hopper have bearings on a track ring 23 that is secured to the lower portion of the spout section 10,

whereby the hopper is supported in a horizontal position with freedom of rotary movement. The trunk 9 communicates with this hopper and rotation of the hopper is effected by means of a cable seated in a circular track or way 24. The hopper 20 has a spout extension 25 to which a spout section 26 is pivoted, the lower end of said spout section being mounted to enter the openings 5 of the outer group in the distributing floor for delivery ofthe grain from the trunk 9 to the bin openings. Vertical'movement of the spout section 26 is effected by means of a cable 27 attached t0' the spout section and extending upwardly to a horizontal arm 28 carried by a lever 29 and having adepending part 30 that is vertically movable in a guide 31. This arm is free to oscillate in its supports with a horizontal movement of the hopper 20 and the spout section 26 and also has a vertical movement to provide for the tilting of the spouts communicating with said legs andy mounted to swing on the arcs of concentric circles of different radii.

2. A plurality of elevator legs and a distributing floor having groups of bin openings arranged on arcs of concentric circles of diierent radii, in combination With disspout section 26 when it is lowered to enter ico f Lier/3324 tributing spout-s for said `legs having a common axis and mounted to swing respectively over said groups of bin openings. 3. A pair of grain elevator legs, a distributing spout for one of said legs, a hopper concentrically mounted with respect to said distributing spout and communicating with ythe other elevator' leg andvhaving freedom of rotation and a second distributing spout mounted on said hopper.

4. A plurality of elevator legs and a dis tributing Hoor having groups of bin openings yarranged on arcs of concentric circles, in combination with concentrically mounted distributing sp'outs forthe respective legs and groups of bin openings.'

5. A plurality or" elevator legs and a distributing floor having groups of bin opery ings arranged on arcs of concentric circles, and spouts below said floor communicating with the corresponding openings of said groups, in combination with eoncentrically mounted distributing spouts for the respective legs and groups of bin openings.

G. fr pair of elevator legs and a distributing licor having groups of bin openings arranged on arcs of concentric circles, in combination with a distributing spout for one of said legs mounted to vconnnunicate with the bin openings of one group and a second distributing spout concentrcally mounted with respect to said irst named spout to communicate with the bin openings of the other group.

7. A plurality of grain elevator legs and a corresponding number ofvoscillating, concentric-ally mounted distributing spouts therefor.

ln witness whereof, li have hereunto set my hand this 30 dayof November 1915.

THlil E. lBBERSN. 

